St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-31
hought were two fiippers we're moving

thought were two f1ipperS were moving
continually, ana | at once saw that it
was a snake, or big water monster of
some kind. 1t turned over several
times, showing it to be very long, and
kept me fascinated by the unusual spec
tacle for several minutes. There were
no boats or fishermen near by, the storm
of a few minutes before having driven
them all ashore, and L could not call
any one to see the monster. AS soon as
my husband returned from his work
related to him what had occurred, but
he advised me to keep it quiet, as peo-
pie would think it was only an optical
deluSion. l saw the reptile, or what
ever you might term it, as plainly as
ever saw anything in my life, and it was
fully thirty feet long and as large round
as mans body. Mrs. Gallagher, up
on the hill, has also seen the monster,
but she was closer to it than myself and
saw its outlines better"
- ANOTHER EYE WITNESS.
A trudge up a steep declivity to the
Arlington hotel, which covers high bluff
on the Huntington estate, was rewarded
by sight of Mrs. Mary A. Gallagher,
whois in charge of the premises, and
she promptly acceded to request to
tell what she knew about the lake ter
ror.
''One afternoon [ was down on the
wharf below the boat house with my
children" said Mrs. Gallagher, land
they were amusing themselves Wading
and splashing about in the water. Sev
eral other children were with them en-
gagged in the same manner, when some
thing caused me to look up suddenly.
What at first looked to me like cOlored
man floating in shore caused me to
shout to the children, There is man
swimming toward you; come ashore
My first impression was that some one
had jumped Off the steamer, intending
to have swim, and as / did not want
to see him land naturally called to my
children. AT first they misunderstood
which was now several feet above the
surface of the water, and they screamed
with terror. Their shouts evidently
scared the serpent, for such it appeared
to be, having large fiat head with what
seemed to be bushy black hair, and it
lashed the water violently and disap-
peared. l was very much fright
ened, and "a party of fisher
men, attracted by our noise on shore.
looked up from their lines, and as they
did so the monster passed their boat.
One of the ladies of the party screamed
in terror, but the snake swan by with
least that was what they told me when
they came ashore. l could have at one
time hit the serpent with long stick,
for it was not further from me than the
length of this room, about twenty-five
feet, and distinguished its eyes to be
light. Its belly glistened as it turned
oyer apparently, and the color seemed
about that of a catfish, and | should say
it was between twenty-five and thirty
feetiong. This was my first, land hope
it will be my last, look at the serpent or
whatever it was.''
Conversations with numerous deni-
zens of the locality elected the inform
alton that the people whose statements
have been given were thoroughly reli-
able, but they had refrained from re-
peating their experiences, because they
feared the ridicule that might follow.
But the adventure of the fishing party